LST-906
1944
(SeaVee SV-545c)
- Class: LST - 982 tank landing ships of 1942-5
- Displacement: 1,780 tons
- Dimensions: 328 x 50 x 11 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft diesels, S.H.P. 1,700 = 12 knots
- Armament: 5-40 mm (5x1) A.A. guns
- Complement: 110
- Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA
- Keel Laid: 24 Jan 1944
- Launched: 11 Mar 1944
- Commissioned: 27 Apr 1944
- Decommissioned: 20 May 1945
- Notes: One of several LST modified in the Mediterranean theater to fly off Army L4 observation aircraft from a mesh runway.
- Service: Participated in invasion of Southern France, Aug 1944. Grounded at Leghorn, Italy 18 Oct 1944.
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